Scotchwoman
Americannoun
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Scotchwomen
plural
noun
Commonly Confused
See Scotch.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Scotchwoman
1810–20; Scotch(man) ( def. ) + -woman
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After graduating from Vassar in 1947, Quigley returned to San Francisco where the very same astrologer, an elderly Scotchwoman, took her under her wing.
From Time Magazine Archive
A Scotchwoman wad hae leed through fire and brimstone for her lover; and, after she swore the rope aff his neck, placed her saft arms round his craig, in place o' the hemp.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various
It was rather barely furnished to American eyes, but very clean and orderly, and there was nothing bare in the greeting given by the sweet-faced old Scotchwoman to her long-unseen child and that child's child.
From A Round Dozen by Susan Coolidge
In the interior of the kitchen, a Scotchwoman showed to the party a recess where “The bard peasant first drew breath.”
From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Hezekiah Butterworth
But before the old Scotchwoman did this, she stopped to have quite an animated conversation in the hall with the visitor.
From A City Schoolgirl And Her Friends by May Baldwin
Thus, in detailing the scene with Mrs. R——, I was instinctively led to picture a group of Scotchwomen, sitting socially together and listening to a similar story.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
These two were Scotchwomen by birth, and both were widows.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English by Egerton Castle
I have often admired Scotchwomen of a pronounced Celtic type.
From Friend Mac Donald by Max O'Rell
The careful consonants and musical cadences of the Scotchwomen were such a balm to the ear!
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James
His sisters, who, taking after their mother, were all true Scotchwomen, now urged upon him to comply with Archie's request and accompany him to Lanark.
From In Freedom's Cause : a Story of Wallace and Bruce by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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